Minerals containing SiO6 —
—
Burnettite , Grossmanite , Kushiroite , Esseneite , Davisite , Bicchulite
0
1
0
IR
Group , Silicate, Informal
Minerals containing TiO4 —
—
Ulvöspinel , Holfertite
0
2
0
IR
Group , Informal , Titanate
Minerals containing VO4 —
—
Gamagarite , Metavanuralite , Francevillite , Mounanaite , Kolovratite , Aleutite , Tillmannsite , Schäferite , Steigerite , Höslite , Vésigniéite , Reznitskyite , Howardevansite , Argandite , Sengierite , Wakefieldite-(Ce) , Starovaite , Descloizite , Fritzscheite , Reppiaite , Pliniusite , Wakefieldite-(La) , Ardennite-(V) , Bushmakinite , Tokyoite , Fingerite , Santafeite , Krettnichite , Leningradite , Wakefieldite-(Y) , Yaroshevskite , Heyite , Tyuyamunite , Carnotite , Averievite , Gottlobite , Kombatite , Metatyuyamunite , Namibite , Ziminaite , Schoderite , Grigorievite , Dreyerite , Aradite , Schumacherite , Ferribushmakinite , Turtmannite , Mcbirneyite , Rusakovite , Wakefieldite-(Nd) , Pucherite , Dokuchaevite , Gurimite , Brackebuschite , Margaritasite , Palenzonaite , Curienite , Khorixasite , Kannanite , Turanite , Koksharovite , Hechtsbergite , Pyrobelonite , Alpeite , Pottsite , Kainotropite , Nabiasite , Cheremnykhite , Lyonsite , Mottramite , Cassedanneite , Vanadinite , Clinobisvanite , Calderónite , Michalskiite , Udinaite , Tangeite , Stoiberite , Pseudolyonsite , Vanuralite , Strelkinite , Čechite
0
2
0
IR
Group , Informal , Vanadate
Minerals containing W[VI]O4 —
—
Stolzite , Uranotungstite , Huanzalaite , Raspite , Langhofite , Cuprotungstite , Sanmartinite , Mpororoite , Paraniite-(Y) , Ferberite , Pinalite , Phyllotungstite , Hübnerite , Scheelite
0
2
0
IR
Group , Tungstate, Informal
Minerals containing W[VI]O6 —
—
Russellite , Tungstibite
0
1
0
IR
Group , Tungstate, Informal
Mirabilite Na2 (SO4 )·10H2 O
Minerals containing SO4 , Minerals containing H2O —
Open
Specimen of Mirabilite (máng xiāo, Glauber's salt)
Photo by Dummy (zh.wikipedia.org), CC-BY-SA 3.0
0
2
0
PL
Mineral, Sulphate , Hydrated
Mogánite SiO2
Silica —
Open
Specimen of mogánite from the Barranco del Medio Almud, Mogán (Gran Canaria) Spain. Miguel Calvo Collection.
Photo by Joaquim Callen (Bergminer on wikimedia.org), CC-BY-SA 4.0
0
3
1
CL
Mineral, Simple oxide
Moissanite SiC
Silicon carbide —
Open
Crystals of synthetic moissanite
Photo by Brillar CO., LTD (https://brillar-shop.jp/pages/moissanite), CC-BY-SA 4.0
0
6
0
PL, PL/XL
Mineral, Carbide
Molybdenite MoS2
—
Molybdenite-2H , Molybdenite-3R
Open
Image of molybdenite (MoS2) in specimen 'AR-057' (CSIRO), from Alan Reid Collection. Size: 5cm
Photo by Zs. Pintér. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
0
2
0
IR
Mineral, Sulphide
Molybdenite-2H MoS2
Molybdenite —
8
0
0
—
Sulphide , Polytype
Molybdenite-3R MoS2
Molybdenite —
2
0
0
—
Sulphide , Polytype
Molybdenum Mo
—
—
Open
Molybdenum, e-beam remelted macro crystalline fragment. Purity 99.99 % (= 4N"), as well as a high purity single crystalline (99.999 % = 5N) 1 cm3 molybdenum cube for comparison.
Photo by Alchemist-hp (www.pse-mendelejew.de), Free Art License (http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/)
2
10
3
SXES
Metal , Element
Molybdoscheelite Ca(W,Mo)O4
Scheelite —
0
10
0
PL, PL/XL
Variety, Tungstate , Molybdate
Monazite REE(PO4 )
REE phosphate , Monazite (group) Monazite-(Ce) , Monazite-(Sm) , Monazite-(Nd) , Monazite-(La)
Open
Image of Monazite-(Ce), Ilmenite and Quartz in specimen 'M 12149' (Museums Victoria) from Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Frank Coffa, Museums Victoria, CC-BY-4.0
13
0
5
Reflectance
Orthophosphate , Phosphate, Informal
Monazite-(Ce) CePO4 , (Ce,Ca)PO4 , (Ce,Th)PO4
REE phosphate , Monazite , Minerals containing PO4 —
Open
Monazite-(Ce) specimen from Norway
Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
9
115
11
CL, EDS, PL/Laser
Phosphate , Mineral , REE, Orthophosphate
